Barrel or package register



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Patented May 25,1897.

ATTORNEYS (No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 2.

E. FRIEDMAN & G. R. P. ENGERT.

BARREL 0R PACKAGE REGISTER.

Patented May 25, 1897.

WITNESSES:

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EDGAR FRIEDMAN AND GUSTAV REINHARD PAUL ENGERT, OF DOBBS FERRY, NE\VYORK.

BARREL OR PACKAGE REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 583,111, dated May 25,1897.

Application filed July 11, 189(5- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDGAR FRIEDMAN and GUSTAV REINI-IARD PAUL ENGERT,citizens of the United States, residing at Dobbs Ferry, in the county ofVestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Barrel or Package Registers, of which the following is aspecification.

Our present invention relates to improvements in the style of barrel orpackage registers covered by our Patent No. 560,027, of May 12, 1896.This patent covers an improved register which is adapted toautomatically register the size and number of barrole or packages asthey are conveyed along a track or skid in either direction, the devicecomprising, essentially, a movable part sup ported in the path of thepackages to be moved into proper position by the passing package toindicate the size of the package, and a second part pivoted to the firstpart adapted to be moved by a package for actuating a controller of anelectric register. Owing to the slight difference in size between thesextel and viertel, much trouble has been experienced in properlyregistering these two sizes of barrels. Our present improvements remedythis trouble in this class of registers.

In our present improvements the registering device is so arranged thatwhen a sextel or the smallest package to be registered is passed alongthe skid or conveyer it operates the registering device without movingor shifting the part of the mechanism which indicates the difference insize. The remaining sizes of packages differ from each other in agreater extent, and they are caused to shift the size-indicating devicebefore they register.

The registering device comprises, preferably, a series of electricregisters in proper electric circuit with a series of contacts orcontrolling devices. An arm is pivotally mounted upon a suitable supportand retained in normal inoperative position by a suitable spring.Directly beneath the skid or con- This oscillating Serial No. 598,821.(No modelfl shaft is operated by all the packages in common. Supportedon one side of the skid or conveyer is a pivotally-monntedspring-pressed arm or frame, upon which a register-actuating arm ispivotally mounted. This arm or frame is supported sufficiently near tothe path of the packages to be registered to be engaged by the largerpackages, but it is arranged to leave sufficient space for the freepassage of the small packages. When a viertel or half-barrel passes, thearm or frame is engaged by the end of the barrel and is moved outwardlyasufficient distance to indicate the size of the barrel, carrying with itthe register-actuating arm into the line of register for barrels of itssize. Immediately after the arm or frame has been shifted the packagecomes into engagement with the oscillatory shaft, and theregister-actuating arm is operated and the package is registered uponthe register provided for barrels of its size.

To avoid the possibility of the vibration of the register-actuatin g armafter it has registered a passing package, we arrange an automaticspring-latch, which is adapted to lock said actuating-arm in operativeposition until the package has passed completely beyond the registeringdevice.

I11 order that our invention may be fully understood, we will firstdescribe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, andafterward point out the novelty with more particularity in the annexedclaims.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective sectional elevation of abarrel elevator and conveyor, showing our improved registering deviceapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail plan of the registeringdevice. Fig. 3 is a detail side elevation of the same, and Fig. at is adetail sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is adetail plan view. Fig. 6 is a detail of contact end of theregister-actuatin g arm.

A is an endless-chain barrel-elevator provided with hooks B, adapted toconvey the barrels C from one floor to another and deposit them upon askid D or other suitable device. Mounted upon asuitable framework 1,secured to the frame of the barrel-elevator, is our improved registeringdevice.

2, 3, and 4 are electric registering devices in electric circuit with aseries of contacts or electric controlling devices 2, 3, and 4,respectively, which are mounted upon an arm 5, extending out to one sideof the barrel-conveyer A.

6 is an electric battery included in the com mon return of the electriccircuits for the registers.

7 is a curved arm or frame pivoted to an upright portion 8 of theframework 1 at one side of the barrel-conveyer A. The arm 7 has anundercut curved face 7 (shown in Fig. 4) to facilitate the easy passageof the barrels as their ends engage the arm 7. The arm 7 is held innormal position by means of a suitable spring 9 and is guided in itsoutward movement by means of a guide loop or rod 10, mounted upon a bar11 and engaging the free end of the arm 7.

15 is the register-actuating arm, loosely journaled upon a rod or bolt16, extending outwardly from the arm or frame 7, and 17 is a spiralspring surrounding the bolt and engaging the arm for holding it innormal position. It will be observed that as the arm or frame 7 isshifted outwardly by the engagement of the ends of the passing barrelsthe register-actuating arm 15 will be carried with it to actuate theproper contact or controlling devices 3 or at, indicated by the size ofthe passing barrel.

20 is an oscillating shaft journaled in the frame of thebarrel-conveyer, and 21 are fingers projecting from shaft 20 up into thepath of the barrels or packages.

22 is an arm keyed to the end of shaft 20 and formed with a right-angledextension 23, which has a longitudinal slot 24-, through which theactuating-arm .15 passes. By the oscillation of the shaft 20 by thepassing barrel the extension 23 of the arm 22 will be caused to rock theactuating-arm 15 against the tendency of the spring and cause it toactuate one of the controllingdevices or contacts.

25 is a suitable spring engaging a lug 2 and the frame 1 for holding theshaft 90 in normal position.

27 is a spring-pressed sliding bolt supported in suitable bearing 28 andengaging a recess or opening (indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3) inthe shaft 20.

30 is a rock-shaft journaled in the frame of the conveyer above theshaft 20 and formed with fingers 31, adapted to be engaged by thepassing barrel or package for rocking the shaft.

32 is a rod or cord connecting the sliding bolt 27 with a finger 33 011the shaft 30, by means of which the rocking of the shaft 30 can effectthe drawing of the bolt 27 from the recess into shaft 20 to allow saidshaft 20 to resume its normal position.

In the operation of the device it will be clear that the sextel orsmallest-size barrel will engage the fingers of the shaft 20 forregistering upon the register 2, and the position of the arm or frame 7will not be changed. hen the viertel or halfbarrel passes, the end ofthe barrel engages the undercut portion of the arm or frame 7 and causesit to move outwardly away from the track to the proper posit-ion,depending upon the size of the package, after which the shaft 20 isrocked and a proper register is operated. x represents the sextel, y theviertel, and the halfbarrel. The sextel does not move the arm or frame7, but causes actuating-arm 15 to engage controller 2 to operateregister 2. The viertel 2 shifts arm 7 to central position and causesarm 15 to actuate controller 3" and register The half-barrel shifts arm7 to extreme right-hand position and causes arm 15 to actuate controllert and register 1-. The spring 25 holds shaft 20 in normal position, andby reason of the engagement of the arm on said shaft with theactuating-arm 15 said arm is also held in inoperative position againstthe tendency of spring 17. \Vhen shaft 90 is oscillated, spring 17assists in throwing arm 15 into operative position and holds it againstthe contact until drawn away by spring In case the chain of the elevatorsags or vib ates away from its support it is clear the arm 15 would notbe moved as close to the contacts, because the barrel would be a greaterdistance from the rock-shaft 20 and could not move it as far as whenclose to the shaft. To prevent any irregularity in the operation fromthis cause, I mount a block 15 upon the end of arm 15, and supportedupon block 15 is a plate 15 having pins which engage block 15, andspiral springs 15, interposed between the block and the plate upon saidpins to afford a yielding support for the plate. The result of thisarrangement will be that the electric contacts will be actuated by theplate 15", whether the chain vibrates or remains close to the track, andany vibration will be taken up by the springs 15 and there will be nodanger of making a plurality of contacts. Another ad vantage obtained byplacing plate 15 on end of arm 15 is that the plate extends sidewise ofthe arm and will be sure to register upon the proper registering device,notwithstanding the slight differences in the lengths of the barrels ofsame size and of the chance of getting the barrels upon theclevator-hooks closer to or farther away from the arm 7. Springs 15 areassisted by spring 17 Having thus described our invention, what weclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a barrel or package register, the combination of a conveyer trackor way for the passage of packages, a series of registering devices, aseries of controlling devices for said register, an actuating-arm, anarm or frame supporting the actuating-arm and constructed to be shiftedby the engagement of the ends of the passing packages, and meansindependent of the movable arm or frame and actuating-arm also operatedby the passing packages and engaging said actuating-arm for operatingit, substantially as set forth.

2. In a barrel or package register, the combination of a conveyer trackor way for the passage of packages, a series of registering devices, aseries of controlling devices for said registering devices, a movablepart lying in the path of the packages and adapted to be shifted by thepassing packages, an actuating-arm pivoted to said movable part andadapted to actuate the register-controlling devices, and a devicesupported in the path of the packages independently of said movable partand adapted to operate said actuating devices, substantially as setforth.

3. In a barrel or package register, the combination of a series ofregisters, a series of controlling devices for said registers, anactuating-arm adapted to actuate said controlling devices, means forshifting the actuating-arm to different positions, a rock-shaftindependent of said shifting means adapted to be rocked bya passingpackage, and means connecting said rockshaft to the actuatingarm wherebyit is caused to operate the controlling devices, whether in normal orshifted position, substantially as set forth.

4. In a barrel or package register, the combination of a track or wayfor packages, a series of registers, a series of controlling devices forsaid registers, a movable arm or support located at one side of thetrack or way and projecting into the path of the packages to be operatedby the ends of passing packages, an actuating-arm carried by saidmovable support and adapted to actuate the controlling devices, and anoperating device projecting across the track or Way in the path of thepackages and engaging the actuating-arm for operating it, substantiallyas set forth.

5. In a barrel or package register, the combination of a conveyor trackor way for the passage of packages, a series of registers, a series ofcontrolling devices for said registers, an actuating-arm mounted upon amovable support and adapted to actuate the controlling devices, arock-shaft having fingers adapted to be engaged by the passing packages,and an arm upon said rock-shaft engaging the actuating-arm for operatingit, substantially as set forth.

6. In a barrel or package register, the combination of a conveyer trackor way for the passage of packages, a series of registers, a series ofcontrolling devices for said registers, an actuating-arm pivotallymounted upon a support and adapted to actuate the controlling devices, aspring for holding the actuating-arm in normal disengaged position, arock-shaft having fingers projecting into the path of the packages, anarm keyed to said rockshaft and having a slotted extension which engagesthe actuating-arm, substantially as set forth.

7. In a barrel or package registering device, the combination of aconveyer track or way, a series of registers, a series ofregistercontrolling devices, an actuating-arm, a rockshaft adapted tooperate the actuating-arm, a spring-bolt adapted to lock the rock-shaftin position, a second rock-shaft adapted to disengage the spring-boltwhen operated by a passing package, substantially as set forth.

8. In a barrel or package register, the combination of a conveyer trackor way for the passage of packages, a series of registers, a series ofregister-controlling devices, an arm or frame pivotally mounted to oneside of the track or Way and adapted to be actuated by the engagement ofthe ends of the passing packages, an actuating-arm pivoted to said armor frame and provided with a suitable spring for holding it in normalposition, a rock-shaft having a slotted arm engaging said actuating-arm,substantially as set forth.

9. In a barrel or package register, the combination of a track or wayfor packages, a series of registers, a series of register-controllingdevices, an actuating-arm supported in proper relation to thecontrolling devices, a resiliently-supported plate mounted on the end ofthe actuating-arm, and means for opcrating the actuating-arm,substantially as set forth.

EDGAR FRIEDMAN. GUSTAV REINHARD PAUL ENGER'I.

\Vitnesses:

G. R. WERRBAcI-i, JOHN GIBBONS.

